Webroot Antivirus for Mac

Webroot AntiVirus is one of the fastest Mac antivirus scanners we've seen, but its scores in our phishing and Windows malware tests have gone down and it has dropped some useful features.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • POWERFUL, LIGHTNING-FAST ANTIVIRUS: Protects your computer from viruses and malware through the cloud; Webroot scans faster, uses fewer system resources and safeguards your devices in real-time by identifying and blocking new threats
  • IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION: Protects your usernames, account numbers and other personal information against keyloggers, spyware and other online threats targeting valuable personal data
  • REAL-TIME ANTI-PHISHING: Proactively scans websites, emails and other communications and warns you of potential danger before you click to effectively stop malicious attempts to steal your personal information
  • ALWAYS UP TO DATE: Webroot scours 95% of the Internet three times per day including billions of web pages, files and apps to determine what is safe online and enhances the software automatically without time-consuming updates

PROS

+ Blazingly fast full scan
+ Good phishing protection and detection of Windows malware
+ Marks dangerous links in search results

CONS

- No longer allows remote monitoring and configuration
- Web threat protection only for Chrome, not installed by default
- No current results from independent testing labs
- No volume discount

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on July 28, 2017
Webroot AntiVirus is one of the fastest Mac antivirus scanners we've seen, but its scores in our phishing and Windows malware tests have gone down and it has dropped some useful features.
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